diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/mips/cpu_impl.hh b/src/cpu/o3/mips/cpu_impl.hh
index 08e9ba483..e7dbd3aba 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/mips/cpu_impl.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/mips/cpu_impl.hh
@@ -220,16 +220,6 @@ template <class Impl>
 void
 MipsO3CPU<Impl>::setSyscallReturn(SyscallReturn return_value, int tid)
 {
-    // check for error condition.
-    if (return_value.successful()) {
-        // no error
-        this->setArchIntReg(TheISA::SyscallSuccessReg, 0, tid);
-        this->setArchIntReg(TheISA::ReturnValueReg, return_value.value(), tid);
-    } else {
-        // got an error, return details
-        this->setArchIntReg(TheISA::SyscallSuccessReg,
-                (TheISA::IntReg) -1, tid);
-        this->setArchIntReg(TheISA::ReturnValueReg, -return_value.value(), tid);
-    }
+    TheISA::setSyscallReturn(return_value, this->tcBase(tid));
 }
 #endif